The 68-year-old son of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart, has died in Havana after taking his own life, according to state...
Eleven people have been killed after a fire at a Japanese residential facility for people in financial difficulty.
TV footage on the country's public broadcaster...
First Lady Melania Trump broke with long-standing tradition when she arrived at her husband's State of the Union address alone.
Her office told reporters it...
A school district in Southern California says it's looking into allegations that a teacher told his history class that military service members are "the...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to keep the detention centre open at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Trump’s decision, which was announced shortly before...
Kenyan authorities shut down TV stations to prevent live coverage of a swearing-in event by opposition leader Raila Odinga, who boycotted last year's disputed...
Kenya’s main opposition coalition the National Super Alliance (NASA) says it will press on with a planned inauguration banned by the authorities.
There is tension...
Six of the BBC’s leading male presenters have agreed to take pay cuts after revelations over equal salaries.
The BBC said Huw Edwards, Nicky Campbell,...
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is ‘not afraid of sanctions’ ahead of his ‘swearing-in ceremony’ scheduled for Tuesday 30th January 2018.
Odinga...
Democrats on Tuesday withdrew an offer to fund U.S. President Donald Trump’s border wall, as tough negotiations over the future of young illegal immigrants...
Kidnappers have abducted two Americans and two Canadians in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, killing two police officers, a police spokesman said on...
The organisation representing African countries has demanded that US President Donald Trump apologise after he reportedly called nations on the continent "shitholes".
The group's mission...
President Trump on Thursday balked at an immigration deal that would include protections for people from Haiti and some nations in Africa, demanding to...
In downtown Barquisimeto, Margaret Khawan's pharmacy is looking a bit empty these days.
What products she does have she has spaced out along the shelves...
US President Donald Trump has said he believes he’ll defeat Oprah Winfrey if she runs for president in 2020.
Following Oprah’s empowering speech at the Golden Globes, social media...
Land registry you can't tamper with
The idea: Documentation is often lacking in parts of Africa, leading to land disputes because it isn't clear who...
President Trump is using hardball tactics in an attempt to blunt the impact of Michael Wolff's bombshell-filled book about his administration.
Charles Harder, an attorney...
South Africa's top court has found that parliament failed to comply with its duties in holding President Jacob Zuma accountable over a public funding...
